Status: Stable
Last Reviewed: 2026-02-28
Purpose: Provide consistent context to AI tools about identity, naming, and engineering practices.
Primary engineering identity: TinMan
Real/legal identity: George Gil
Public authorship should default to TinMan unless explicitly personal/legal.
Use usernames.md as source of truth.
Choose identity first:
- TinMan ladder for engineering/public technical authorship.
- TinkerSpace ladder for studio/environment/workspace contexts.
Then apply sequential fallback within that ladder only. Avoid unrelated suffixes.
Follow:
- project-standards.md for repo structure
- naming.md for naming
- coding.md for engineering conventions
Primary domains:
- Systems programming
- Robotics
- Platform engineering
- Graphics/rendering
- Backend systems
- Cross-platform apps
- Mechanical prototyping
AI suggestions should align with modular, layered architecture.